Michigan

River House to host topping out ceremony

Press Photo/Katie BarnesConstruction workers balance on the 30th floor of River House at Bridgewater Place. Upon completion, River House will be the tallest all-residential building in the state, with a total of 34 floors.

GRAND RAPIDS -- An invitation-only topping out ceremony today will mark the end of vertical construction on the $90 million, River House at Bridgewater Place skyscraper.

The 34-story, 412-foot, condominium tower is the city's tallest structure and the state's tallest all-residential building.

The condo project has been more than four years in the making by developer Robert Grooters, who developed the neighboring 17-story Bridgewater Place office tower in the early 1990s.

More than 300 workers continue to work on the project with completion planned for later this year.

River House is slated to welcome its first residents in October.

About 50 units with prices ranging from $320,000 to over $1 million remain available for sale.

Press Photo/Katie BarnesView of a seventh-floor model condominium inside River House at Bridgewater Place. About 50 units with prices ranging from $320,000 to over $1 million remain available for sale.